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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
JAMES T. CARnUTH's ESTATE.

5TA nIs4n OF 0 TE HsNnG In Probate ooart
held at GuildhaiI in and for said district,
the 18th day of december, A. D.. 1887, James
Morse Administrator ofthc estate of James T..
Carruth, late Of Concord in said district,
deceased, makes application to said COur!
for liccnsetO sell All Of he real estate of said
deceased, situated IN Concord, to Wit; The
Home farm on winch the deceased lived at
the time of his Death, and all other nnds
owned ty him in said town of Concord. repre-.
sentlng that the sale thereof is necessary ana
for TIE best Interests OF the heirs to SAID es-
tate.
Whercupon, it is ordered by SAID Court that
said application be referred to a session there
Of to lie held at the Probate ONCE in said
GnIdhall. the SJth day of December AID, 1851,
for hearing and decision thereon; and 1t is
further ordered that all persons interested be
notified hereof, by publication of notice Of said
application and order thereon. three weeks
slcceSsively in the ESSEN COUNTY HERALD,
newspaper Published 1T brighton, In said
District, and which circTateS in the neigh
borlnod OF those interested, before said time
of hearing. that they may appear mt said time
and place, and If they see cause object thereto
BY the Court. attest
ID II BEATTIE. Judge
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
ONLY A COUNTRY WEEKLY

1t is only country weekly Yes,
that is all. But do those who allude
to it with an intentional sheer ever
reflect upon the duties and mission
performed by the poor, obscure
country weekly, which is as much
nay, more, to its few hundred read
ors in the country, as is the great
metropolitan daily to its thousands
of readers in the city? Oh, no; they
never think of placing any estima-
ton upon the worth of a country
paper; it has none within the mar
row limits of their superficial and
contracted brains. They will not
admit of the utility of any form of
newspaper save one which is cram
med full of telegraphic dispatches,
giving the minute details of some
revolving and nauseating social
scandal; the hour at which the
chamberlain at the imperial palace
at ispahan put his most serene and
mighty higkness, the Shah, to bed;
that the savage Gallas of Abyssinia
had abjured tenets of the Coptic
faith, and had bowed down in ador-
alton at the shrine of Mecca's proph-
ct; that the poor, unotfending Pa
pauns of the Celebes were being
slaughtered by the Dutch invaders
from the isle of Macassar,and SO on,
in an infinite variety of detail, all
of which is read with an avidity that
betokens the Importance of these
things to q city gentleman. But the
financial, commercial, agricultural,
religious and social condition of the
millions of his fellow citizens, resi-
ding without the environs of his
mighty empire OF a, few miles in
area, is sealed book he has never
opened its pages to inquire within;
he knows nothing of it; put him to
the test and you will find ne knows
more about the condition of the
Berbers of Northern Africa. than he
does about the people in the neigh
boring county. We turn from the
contemplation Of this human super.
.dciality to the practical and common
sense man who wishes to be inform.
ed as to heparsuits, condition and
prospects of the people Of his own
immediate state and county. He
finds in the rural paper the informa
ton he seeks. The country organ
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

1t is well enough to remember
about this time that in his annual
message In 1884 President Arthur
said: "In my annual message OF
1882 | recommended the abolition
of all excise taxes except those re.
lating to distilled spirits. This re.
commentator is now renewed. In
case these taxes shall be abolished
the revenues that will remain to the
Government, will, in my opinion
not only suffice to meet its reason
able expenditures, but will afford 9
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

The Republican national commit
tee has issued a call for the national
convention to meet in Chicago on
the 10Th day of June next to nom
mate candidates for President and
Vice-President, and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may
be presented.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

surplus large enough to permit such
tariff reduction as may seem to be
advisable when the results of recent
revenue laws and commercial treaties
shall have shown in what quarter
these reductions can be most judi.
ciously effected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

In 1858 the States which had cleo
tions gave a net Democratic plural
ity Of 526l. This year the same
States gave a net Republican plural
ity of 97,8l3. The net Republican
gain, therefore, is l03,O74. This is
not a very depressing result.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX, IS
In Probate Court held ut Guildhall. in ant
for said district. on the 9th day of December
AID. 1881 M instrument in writing purporting
to be the last Will and Testament of William
Rowe. late of Lexington. in said district
deceased, beng presented to the Court by
Patrick L. Rowe the Executor named there
in for Probate.
1t is ordered BY SAID Court that all persons
concerned therein be notified TO appear at 1
session of said Court to be held nj the Probate
Office III Guidhall on the 10th day of JanuaIy
A. d, 1885, and show cause, if any they may
have, against the probate of said Will
For which purpose it is furthcrordered,t thai
a copy of the record OF this order be published
three weeks successivey in the ESstr County
Herald, II newspaper printed at Island Pond
pr eVious to SAID time appointed for hearing.
BY tue Court. Attest.
AIIIE Il,lcrn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
d. II. BEATTIE, Judge.
STATrOF vnRMONT !

STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate Court.
ESSEX DISTRICT IS. - A'0i"'o Oo' -
held 1T Guildhall in and for said District. on
the 18th day of December, A. D. 1851, Willard
Chase, Executor of the last VIII and Tesla
ment of Curtis Villas. late of Concord, in said
district, deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for decree of distribution
and partition of the estate of said dec Iased,
according to the terms of said Will.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court that
said account and application be referred TO n
session thereof. to BE held at the Probate ONCE
in Guildhall, on the 10th day of January, A. D.,
1885, for hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof
be given to ll,persons Interested, by publ
cation of this notice three weeks successfully
in the ESSEX COUNTY HERALD, ~ newspaper
printed at Island Pond in sad district, pre-
vious to smd time appointed for hearing.
that they may show cause. if any they may
have. why said account should not be allowed
and -ucb decree made.
by the Court,
attest d, II BEATTIE, Judge.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

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every form of chronic disease, because
this medicine is safer to take, and is
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX, SIS
In the matter Of Jabsh Z. james of Victory
in said district. InsolVent Debtor.
Notice is hereby given that Jabish u. James
of Victory, in said district, filed IN the Court
of Insolvency his petition IN Insolvency on the
81 day of December, a. D.. 1887. That the
first meeting of the creditors of said insolvent
debtor VIII be held at the West Concord Hote
West Concord, IN said district, on the 9th day
of December AID, 1897, at O'Clock in the fore
noon for the purpose of proving claims and
choosing one or mnIe Assgnecs upon said
estate. And notice is further given that
the payment of amy debts and the delivery
to sad debtor, OF any property belonging Il
him or for his use. and the transfer of amy
property by him, are forbidden bylaw.
Dated at 'iuildhali. in said District, this 9th
day of December, \. D., 1887
ID H. BEATTlE Judge
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AGENT9 WANTED.

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
NOTICE !!

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DIED.

ATKINSON. In East brighton, December Is,
ut hcrcsidenceof her son, Malissa knapp,
wife of the late Thomas Atkinson, aged
IS years and months
PINNEY. In Island Pond, Dec. Is. Alllnd /
NJ. Hatch, wife of the late Leyi Pinney.
aged y years, 5 months and days.
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MARRIED..

EMERY-pAVIS. In Island Pond. Dec ~ at
the Congregational Parsonage, by Rev. j.
\. WalEer, Mr. Frank J. tmcry AMI Miss
Cora l.. Davis, all OF Island Pond.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-23
ERANp TRUNK RAILWAY.
~ Winter Arrangement. Iss7-S.

4 RAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
~ Winter Arrangement. Iss7-S.
On and after Nov. q, and until further
notice. trains will be run as follows:
GOING WEST
Express train for Montreal leaves Island
10 nd az 9 10 IN mixed train for Montu nl
ana Quebcc at s 80 m. Mixed train leavt 5
1orham Tor Island Pond At IA q. m. Express
trains tor Montreal and the west will leave
fcrtland at S.ij a. m, and $50 p. m Gorhnm
~ y 20 and 5.55 p. m; Island POND at 80 and
30 ,. m, the latter connecting al Richmond
for Quebec.
GOING EAST
Express trains for Island Pond Goiham.
Lewiston, Portland ANA Boston will leave
Montreal at 5. Oa IN. and 10 - D IN and Island
Pond al q "a. m. and las p. m. Express
Tor Island Pond aud intermediate stations
VIII leave Montrcal at 10 p. IN. Mixed
| train for Islam. Pond and intcrmt date sta.
tons will leave Richmond ut 6 a. IN. Mixed
train Tor GOrham leaves Island Pond at s. 10
p. N. JOSEPH HlCkSON,
General Manager.
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OUR POLITICS,

We believe the Republican party to be the true
instrument of the POLITlC4L PROGREsi5
OF the American peoples and holding that the
guarantee of the national welfare, We shall sup
portt with al orr might; Int We shall always
play.
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Homo Newspaper,

st sohcits comparison with any other in the coun.
try throne OF the LAliGESTP Pull
LISl1 AID anywhere and spares neither labor nor
expense to secure for it's readers tho very best
in al departments OF neMspaper literature.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-20

the largest inland steamers. These not
only carry at low rates, but they compel
the railroads tosscarry cheaply. The usual
rates TO and from the bay Of San Francisco
are 81 % to 81 so per ton. These
steamers run to various points along the
river almost daily through the year. They
are large, commodious boats, for both pas
sengers and freight.
THE CALIFORNIA NORTHERN RAILROAD
Runs through the whole length of the
county, and there are fourteen stations and
stopping places. The road in the county
Is almost an air line, with very low grades,
and the cars run are tirst-class and furnish
every comfort and convenience for travel
ers. There Is 4 narrow gauge road from
Colusa, the county seat, to the California
Railroad, and west to Antelope valley, Il
distance of twenty-five miles 1t is the
purpose Of the proprietors of this road to
continue il to the rich valleys in the west
ern part Of the county and thence to Lake
or Mendocino county. From Willows the
Southern Pacific Railroad is building
BRANCH ROAD
To the foothills, and over the mountains to
thS luminous VI the tOdSl. MS ROAD runs
across the plains, up Dunham valley to Elk
creek, thence up the Grindstone and over
the Coast Range. Twenty-Five miles of the
road Is now graded, and as soon as the ties
and rails are ready the track will be laid
and the scream of the whistle will be
heard in the valleys and canyons of the
Coast Range. This road, like the narrow
gauge, Will open up one of the best fruit
countries Of this coast, and will present
the best opportunities for settlement on
cheap land near rail communication. The
great river, with its daily steamers, and
these three roads give an admirable trans
portation system, and one that is almost
unequaled on this coast.
TIMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
As has been indicated before, Colusa
county has an abundant supply of lumber
at reasonable rates. From her Coast Range
she can have a supply of ugar-pine, and
by the Northern Railway from Red Bluff
the lumber from the great forest belt CT
the Sierra Nevadas is brought at reason
able rates. In all parts of the county
there are deposits Of clay for brick-making.
Brick have been burned at all the towns,
from which many fine buildings have been
constructed, and thirty years use proves
their durability. In the Coast Range there
are limestone and sandstone deposits from
which lasting and handsome building ma
terial can be had. The limestone forma-
tions furnish an abundance of material for
lime,
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THE MARKET.
a Standing Demand for all the Product
that can be Raised.

a Standing Demand for all the Products
that can be Raised.
The market for all the products of the
orchard, vineyard and garden will be COM
pletely revolutionized within the next 80
days. Heretofore the people of the upper
Sacramento valley have been at the disad-
vantage of a days time in reaching an
Eastern market as compared to the sections
along the railway around the capital.
When the California and Oregon Railroad
Is connected with the Oregon railway svs-
tenn, those nearest the northern counties of
California, Oregon and Washington will he
nearest to the
BEST MARKETS OF THIS CONTINENT.
They will then have days advantage
in the time in reaching that market. The
New Northwest" which will thus be
opened to us, is an empire in extent and
resources, and it is fast being settled and
developed. The fruits and vegetables Of
the Sacramento valley are
AT LEAST SIX WEEKS EARLIER
Than those of Western Oregon, Washing
ton and British Columbia. Eastern Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Dakota and Minnesota are not now fruit
countries, and never will be, but they are
regions of immense resources and have 4
large and rapidly increasing population.
They will consume all the orchard, vine
yard and garden products of the northern
half of the State. No matter how fast
production may be pressed it will never
overtake the demands of this new market.
The completion of this road to this great
new northwest with its unlimited markets
doubles the value of every acre of fruit
and garden land in the Sacramento valley.
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seeker how much mere he VIII have laid
by for the rainy day of old age in eli
mate where he has fifty-two weeks for
field work, as he does here instead Of the
twenty-six weeks in winter climate in
the East At 81 day, that means Sl56
more earned each year, and from 20 years
Of age to 30, ii means Sl6S0 more than he
would earn in Il winter country That
sum put at interest as it is earned would
amount to an ndependence-rnore than
the average laborer csn expect to lay by.
Add to this sum the amount that is saved
in thirty winters in food, clothing and
fuel, and it will be seen what winterless
climate means to the field worker in profit
and pleasure.
RAINFALL.
The rainfall of Colusa county is about
l6 inches on the plains and from 20 to "A
inches in the higher foothills and noun
tains. As has been said, this precipitation
occurs from November to May, inclusive,
and is in showers
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THE CLIMATE.

EconoInieal Results from Wirterless
Years-The Seasons and Rainfall,
In common with all other parts Of the
Sacramento valley Colusa county has 4
winterless climate. There is no snow, no
ice, no sweeping wintry blasts. There are
two seasons spring and autumn. The
rains which commence usually in Noyem-
Der bring spring, and the whole earth Is
elsthed in a vernal green. These rains
continue in showers till MAY or June,
when they cease and the drv season au-
tunIn commences. The temperatures are
such that if the showers continued through
the whole year there would be one peren-
NAL spring.
THE CAUSES or SO REAsRkABLE 4 eJI-
MATE
On this latitude. % unlike anything kaeau
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COLUsA'S PRODUCTS.
The Banner Wheat County of the World
Fruit and Vine Growing.

The Banner Wheat County of the World
Fruit and Vine Growing.
The productions of the county include
almost all that grows from the cold north
to the tropics. Wheat is cold-climate
production, and it loves high latitudes and
attitudes, but nowhere on earth does ii do
better than here. More wheat is raised
in Colusa county than in any other county
on this continent. In 1885 the Weld was
100000 bushels, or 720, ,o00, 900 pounds.
This is 10000 tons, So, 900 carloads. or ,. $50
trains of l6 cars each This county pro-
duced more wheat than any one of thirty
five out of the forty-seven States and Ter
ritories composing the Union, and there
were only twelve States in the Union that
produced more wheat than this banner
wheat county did. 1t produced more wheat
than either of the great States of Texas.
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Maryland, Maine, Louisiana. Ken
tucky, Georgia. Arkansas, Alabama or
New York
MORE WHEAT USED AS SEED THAN SOME
STATES PRODUCE
More wheat is sovn ss seed each year
than many of the States and Territories
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wanted artesian water, and had money TO
spare, | would make the trial"

THE RIDEoUT ARTESIAN WELL.
In writing the above, Mr.. Hall was nat
urally and properly very cautious in ad-
vising expenditures of money in seeking
for flowing water. In consequence of the
encouragement contained in the above
official letter in part, and in pursuance in
part of 4 previously formed plan, n. d.
Rideout, one of the most enterprising of
California's citizens, sunk an artesian well
in the extreme western border of this belt
marked out by Mr.. Hall, and at depth of
little more than 900 feet
FLOWING WATER WAS STRUCK.
The boring for the water was only in
tended as prospecting venture to deter
mine whether or not there was flowing
water, and the hele bored was, for a por-
ton of the distance, only two inches in
diameter. As consequence the quantity
of water was not great, but enough
so to demonstrate that there is
an abundance Of water underlying
the greater portion of the plains portion
of the county. 1t will be seen that from
the rivers, creeks, springs, ordinary wells
and artesian wells the county has an
abundance of water for all purposes 1t
must not be inferred, from what has been
said, that this county needs irrigation
more than other portions of the coast, for
it does not; but the object is to show new
comers that where needed for alfalfa, vege-
tables, tree and small fruits and vines,
there is an inexhaustible supply at hand.
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THE GROWING OF ALrAIFA

a
Is proving exceedingly profitable. DR..
Bolton, of Colusa, has % acres of alfalfa,
near town, sown last year. It was winter
Hooded from the Sacramento, and to the
lst of August he had taken $3.50 for pas
turing stock. 1t will have returned him
$50 or more per acre by the end of the
season. Mr.. J. b. De Jarnatt has n large
alfalfa field two miles from Colusa, winter
Hooded the same as DR.. Belton's. and the
most of it had been cut twice before the
lst of August, and at that time it was
covered with horses, cattle and swine
There are many other places in the county
where alfalfa is raised at great profit. and
the area sown to that forage plant is ran
idly being extended Where there is
plenty OF water for irrigation it produces
four or five crops, and the seasons Weld of
hay Is from eight to ten tons. There are
many thousands of acres along the Sacra-
mento where water for winter irrigating
can be had nj the mere cost of taking IL
out OF the river, and there are many places
III the foothills and mountains along Stony
creek and Its tributaries where water can
be easily brought and alfalfa raised at
great profit. 1t is safe to say that the
newcomer who buys land where he can get
water and prepares his land so that he can
flood it every time the alfalfa is cut will
reap golden harvest from an alfalfa field.
FRUIT GROWING.
Almost every settler in the county when
he made his Improvements, planted out
family orchard, and now the plains and
valleys are dotted with these green spots,
but grain growing 50 took up the settlers